West Bank

The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion

Global media is closely scrutinizing Israel's election while overlooking Palestinian elections that could empower Hamas or Marwan Barghouti and reshape the region.

YASSER ABBAS attends the results announcement of Fatah’s Eighth General Conference, in Ramallah, May 18.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

IDF kills Hamas-linked former Jenin terror cell leader Qais Bitwani in a West Bank airstrike on August 28, 2026.

WATCH: IDF kills Hamas-linked former senior Jenin terror cell member in West Bank vehicle strike

Police hold a situational assessment at the scene of a violent outbreak in east Jerusalem on August 22, 2026.

Four Israeli police officers indicted for assaulting three men during roadside stop


IDF arrests three Palestinian suspects related to attack on Jewish West Bank hikers

Following the attack, Israeli settlers started a fire in one of the village's homes, according to Army Radio, with a 65-year-old Palestinian evacuated due to smoke inhalation.

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.

International contention continues as eight more countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement plan

A spokesperson for the US State Department spoke to N12 News later on Friday, saying that the US government "does not support annexation."

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026.

Jewish violence in the West Bank is terrorism - and Israel must admit it - opinion

But there is another simpler word for what is happening in parts of the West Bank, and we should not be afraid to use it. On the contrary, we have an obligation to use it. It is “terrorism.”

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

At least one Palestinian killed following clashes with Jewish West Bank settler group

The settler group had not received approval from IDF forces prior to entering the West Bank, the military said.

A fire in a West Bank village, allegedly started by settlers, August 21, 2026.

Terrorist killed by IDF for attempted stabbing found to be father of 2022 Tel Aviv shooter

The terrorist was Fathi Khazem, father of Raad Khazem, a terrorist who had committed a mass shooting attack in Tel Aviv in April, 2022.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Israeli curbs on labor, banking, and trade drive West Bank economic crisis - report

Unemployment, reduced public salaries and strained healthcare are worsening the West Bank’s economic crisis amid Israeli restrictions, The New York Times reported.

PALESTINIAN STUDENTS gather near a fence installed by Israeli settlers on their way to school, near Umm al-Khair in the West Bank, on April 14, 2026.

Huckabee says Turkish military was 'further south than supposed' before Israel's attack on Syria

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Al Arabiya in a Thursday interview that he didn't believe the Israeli attack on Syria was a provocation against Turkey, but more of a reaction.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, August 20, 2026.

France, Germany, UK, Italy condemn Israel's 'E1' West Bank plan, UK threatens sanctions

"The decision by the Israeli government to publish bid offers for construction projects within the framework of the E1 settlers' project is unacceptable," said a joint statement.

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026. (Illustrative

Firefighters, planes bring fire in West Bank woods near evacuated settlement under control

Four firefighting aircraft were operating at the scene, with the preliminary reports saying that the fire was expanding fast and fears of it reaching the homes of the settlement.

Firefighter works to extinguish the flames after a wildfire broke out in Samaria on July 18.

Barrot condemns Kusra violence, warns France could impose more sanctions on settlement

This comes after France announced in May that it was banning Ben-Gvir from French territory.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.